Re: Telstra NextG tethering does work already

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Susan,

On 19/06/2009, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


Hi, I have been able to get tethering working for Telstra NextG with
the aid of a little config file downloaded from the discussion forum
on Whirlpool - so even if Telstra is slow off the mark, it isn't
because it can't be done.

Now, I'm not going to use it because of the expense.

cheers, Susan.



Can you post the details here on how you did it?

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Re: iPhone problems !!

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Hi
On 21/05/2009, at 5:00 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


Subject: Re: iPhone problems !!
From: Pontifex Family 
Message-ID: 
In-Reply-To: 


Hi folks,

I am interested to know if anyone else has had iPhone problems ?



Am I just very unlucky or do they fault more than I am being told ?


I was number 34 in line on the day they were released.  I have mine in  
a DLO case, and haven't had a problem with it since - once Telstra  
could sort out the account.  They hadn't counted on the number of  
people who wanted one, and their computer systems melted down.


My son has an iPhone too. He had a fault with his where the earphone  
socket didn't register sometimes.  I think it was because it was in  
his pocket all the time, and the humidity caused the problem.  He  
didn't have it in a case at the time.  It was replaced, and he keeps  
the new one in a case, and it's been going fine ever since.


Regards,
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Re: Apple equivalent of Putty ?

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Hi Steven,

On 27/03/2009, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


I'm trying help an IT guy, a Windows guy, do some testing of speeds
when it comes to me accessing a particular server.

To do whatever he needs me to do, something to with ssh connections,
and something about needing to redirect local ports to server, he
would use Putty in the Windows world. I tried to do what he needed me
to do with Apple's Terminal application, but it didn't seem t work.

I know this is all fairly vague, but can anyone suggest what
application I need? Should Terminal be able to do what Putty can do,
or do I need something else?


puTTY is a GUI for ssh on windows.  If you want to do SSH with port  
redirection, this is the command I use in Terminal:


ssh -C -L port1:server1:port2 usern...@server2

To explain:
-C - use compression.  The data is compressed on the fly when being  
transmitted.


-L - use local port redirection.  In this scenario:
port1 = the port on your machine that you want it directed to
	server1 = the name or IP address of the machine you want to come  
from.  This is usually the internal IP address.

port2 = the port on the machine you want to come from

username - the account name you're logging in as on the machine
server2 - the name or IP address of the machine you're connecting  
to.  This is usually the external IP address.


server1 and server2 don't have to be same address.  In my situation,  
server2 is the external IP address of the server I want to connect  
to, and server1 is the internal IP address I want to connect to.  By  
external I mean a public IP address that can be accessed outside the  
local area network.


For example, I have an ADSL modem and it has a web interface.  I  
can't connect to that remotely because it won't allow me for security  
reasons.  However, I can use SSH from a remote site, to connect to a  
server behind my adsl modem (internal address 192.168.1.254) and get  
it to forward the web traffic (port 80) to my remote setup.  In this  
case:


sudo ssh -C -L 80:192.168.1.254:80 u...@externalipaddress

(note: ports below 1024 require root access, so you can use sudo to  
run the command with root privileges.  If you don't use sudo you get  
the error  "Privileged ports can only be forwarded by root.")


Example 2: I use VNC to connect to client's servers and view their  
system remotely.  VNC uses port 5901 for display #1.  The internal IP  
address of the machine I want to access is 192.168.1.100


ssh -C -L 5901:192.168.1.100:5901 u...@externalipaddress

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Paul.


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Final Cut Express - looking for help

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Hi Everyone,

I have a client who is wanting some tuition with Final Cut Express.   
He is new to Macs, and is wanting to use the Mac for video editing in  
his practice.


Does anyone have any experience with FCE, who is willing to spend  
some time teaching him?  Alternatively, does anyone know of training  
materials that I can recommend to him?  Someone has already suggested  
lynda.com, which is an online training site.


Thanks in advance,
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Re: iPhone car kit

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Hi

I use a bluetooth earpiece when driving, because although the iPhone  
has a "hands free" speakerphone mode, it's not really loud enough for  
the car.


Adrian, I don't think it's possible to attach an external aerial to  
the iPhone, so you're out of luck on that front.  However, you should  
still be able to use bluetooth with you iPhone without any problems.   
For charging, you need something like the Griffin car accessories for  
the iPhone - it comes with a car charger adaptor.


Regards,
Paul.

On 11/03/2009, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


Why do you need bluetooth when the iPhone already has hands free ?

On 10/03/2009, at 1:30 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote:


My issue is that the coverage is increased via the car's high gain
aerial which is part of the kit I had installed and the kit also
keeps the phone charged, I talk on it via bluetooth which is
integrated with the car audio system.  Installing the kit cost a
small fortune so I would like to keep using it especially when we
take the 10,000 KM. drive over east every year.





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Lost/Stolen: White 16Gb iPhone

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Hi Everyone,

My son has lost his white 16Gb iPhone at Hoyts in Carousel.  When he  
discovered he had lost it, he went back and searched the cinema with  
staff, and couldn't find it.


If you happen to see a white iPhone on ebay or wherever going cheap,  
can you check the serial number?  It's 88827UJN1R4


BTW, can we disable the phone remotely?  It'd be good to brick the  
phone if possible ...


Thanks in advance,
Paul.

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Re: iPhone question or clarification

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi there

On 23/07/2008, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


My understanding is that if I take my iPhone down to my favourite
cafe, which has a free wireless hotspot (that I use often with my
laptop), I can connect and browse etc. for free.

I am reading in today's Australian that this is not the case.
Can anyone clarify this for me



I haven't seen the article in the paper, but the Telstra salesperson  
said to me that all traffic was chargeable, even wifi traffic.  I  
rang a networking guru who said that he believed this was highly  
unlikely.


I have my iPhone connected to my wifi connection, and have downloaded  
heaps of stuff, which doesn't count toward the NextG data as far as I  
can see.


Regards,
Paul.

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Re: Who is getting an iPhone tomorrow?

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

On 10/07/2008, at 9:25 PM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


Just for a bit of fun, it would be interesting to know if any
wamuggers are going to get an iPhone tomorrow?  Or will you wait and
see when there are decent levels of stock available.  I think there
will only be a handful of iPhones available here tomorrow, with more
in the next few weeks.  Nothing like a bit of "sold so fast" publicity
to keep the hype going ;-)



We braved the crowds, and queued from 7am at the Telstra shop in  
Morely.  I reckon there was about 100 there with us - we were number  
32 and 33 in line.  Finally got the iPhone at 10am, and there was  
still a crowd in line as we left.


Regards,
Paul.

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Re: Unable to eject/insert CD

[Paul Mulroney]

On 04/05/2008, at 5:00 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


I am still hopeful that someone on the list will be able to assist
rectifying my problem ie.

  1. rectifying  the CD problem. &
  2. getting rid of the Menu bar "eject "icon



To get rid of the eject icon, Hold down the command (apple) key and  
drag the icon off the menu bar.  It should disappear with a puff of  
smoke. Holding down the command key allows you to rearrange the order  
of the icons in the menu bar too.


Regards,
Paul.


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Re: G4 iBook Battery?

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Andrew,

I bought one from the eastern states:

http://www.battery-charger.com.au/laptop_battery/apple/index.htm

It took a week to come over.

Regards,
Paul.


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Subject: G4 iBook Battery?
From: Andrew Schox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Hi all,

I have need of a battery for a G4 iBook. Digilife have ordered one  
for me,

but it might take up to several weeks to arrive.

Does anybody know where I might get one quicker than that (either  
new or

second hand)?

Thanks,

Andrew



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Re: Startup Message

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On 08/02/2007, at 6:03 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:

One of the girls at work has started getting this message everytime  
she starts

up her MacBook and asked what should she do about it.

The message is

"An item in the startup Items Folder (Library/StartupItems/ 
hexSleeperX.app) does
not have the proper security setting. Closing this item may cause  
problems.
If you trust this item and want to fix the security settings, click  
Fix.

To always prevent this item from being used, click Disable.
To stop using this item and show this message again, click Decide  
Later.

Decide later Disable Fix"

Suggestions? Advice? I've never seen it before.


When Apple went to Mac OSX 10.4, they changed the way that startup  
items worked - ie something that would run when the machine boots.   
This message comes up the first time the machine is rebooted after  
the install and you have a startup item configured for pre-10.4.


The question is: did you install this SleeperX app, and do you trust  
it?  If so, then click Fix, and this message will go away.


Regards,
Paul.

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Re: iTunes keeps starting by itself

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Ronni,

On 31/01/2007, at 8:29 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:


On 31/01/2007, at 7:58 AM, Paul Mulroney wrote:

This is a weird one.  I've got iTunes 7.0.2 running on my iBook,  
OSX 10.4.8, and I've noticed recently that iTunes is just starting  
up automatically.  I'll quit iTunes, and then a few minutes later  
it starts again by itself.


Do you have any iTunes related Widget running, ("iTunes" and  
"iTunes Artwork")

 if so disable them and watch if the problem disappears.
.
Are you actually "quitting" iTunes by going to the iTunes Menu >  
Quit iTunes or by the keyboard (Command+Q)?


Thanks for your quick reply.  I've got the "Harmony" widget, which  
automatically downloads lyrics to the currently playing song in  
iTunes, and the iTunes widget, currently running.  I'll try removing  
those and see if that helps.  It's probably one of those that's  
causing the problems.


I'm definitely quitting out of iTunes, using Command-Q, and verifying  
that the little triangle under the app on the dock has gone away.


Thanks for your help,
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iTunes keeps starting by itself

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Hi Everyone,

This is a weird one.  I've got iTunes 7.0.2 running on my iBook, OSX  
10.4.8, and I've noticed recently that iTunes is just starting up  
automatically.  I'll quit iTunes, and then a few minutes later it  
starts again by itself.


Has anyone seen this happening?  Any ideas about how to stop it?

Regards,
Paul.


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Re: Logitech webcams?

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi everyone

On 02/01/2007, at 6:06 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:

I checked all the documentation and the web site and I don't see  
that logitech
webcams work with Mac OSX computers--however I visited 2 apple  
stores here in

Miami and the staff claim they do.

I am reluctant to make a purchase if I can't find the driver for  
Mac on the

Logitech web site.

Anyone have any ideas whether these products work with Macs?


I bought a Logitech QuickCam Express web cam, and purchased the  
iChatUSBcam driver, which works fine with iChatAV.  I also downloaded  
the maccam driver from the sourceforge website.  With that, I can use  
the camera in any quicktime-enabled app.


Hope this helps,
Regards,
Paul.

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Blowing up a G4

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Dude asks for $5000. Internet responds. Dude rewards by blowing up  
his computer.


:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eQQTFSbjM0

and the original website

http://helpmegetag5.com/

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Intel Mac Clip surprise ending

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Now that you can boot Windows XP on your Mac, imagine the  
possibilities ...


(Wait for the surprise ending)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RwHMIxdDdu8

:)

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Re: Hardware VPN's

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Matt,

On 15/03/2006, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


I am currently looking for an inexpensive hardware based (remote
access) VPN. I am currently comparing a SonicWALL TZ150 and a NetGear
FVS124G.

The NetGear is obviously cheaper (by about half) but I am wondering
if that comes at a significant cost in other areas.

Does anyone here have any recommendations?


I've used Billion ADSL modems to do VPNs.  The latest one is a  
BIPAC-7402.  I spoke with a networking guru who does this sort of  
thing all the time, and basically you get what you pay for.  The  
Billions I've used have worked fairly well, with only the occasional  
dropout that is possibly because of the ISP and not the hardware.   
They have a web interface, and the firmware gets updated periodically.


If you want to spend $$$ buy Cisco gear to do your VPN and get 99.99%  
uptime.


Regards,
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Wanted: slot-loading drive to suit iMac DV

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

The slot-loading DVD drive in my friend's iMac DV is dying by degrees  
- it struggles to load and eject CD's/DVD's.  I've managed to pull  
the machine apart, and clean the little rollers inside the drive, but  
it hasn't helped.


So, I'm looking for a replacement drive mechanism.  Does anyone have  
one for sale?  Alternatively, anyone out there with a dead slot- 
loading iMac that they would be prepared to sell/donate for parts?


Please email off the list.

Regards,
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Re: iPod/Mac computers

[Paul Mulroney]

Dear Natas,

I am an Omnis Developer.  Let me say that not all Omnis developers  
will concur with Malcolm's Omnis developer opinions, and I for one  
would not like to be put on anyone's "shitlist".


I have met with Tess Collins, who is the head of developer relations  
at Apple Australia, a number of times to see how Apple can help my  
software company get it's products into the Mac marketplace.  If you  
have a product, they will help with the promotion of that product  
through their Apple channels.  If it is in one of their areas of  
interest, then they are prepared to put effort into integrating the  
product into their marketing strategies.  In all my dealings with  
Tess, I've found that she is genuinely interested in supporting  
developers who are writing for the Mac platform.  We are certainly  
going to keep in touch with Tess as our new products are announced.


Products that are created using Omnis are usually in very narrow  
vertical markets, perhaps this particular Omnis developer has not  
found the assistance they need in getting their product to market.


Regards,
Paul.


note to self
put omnis developers on shitlist

my view is that she has probably had very little to do with Apple or
its developers

so perhaps she could qualify such statements with some cold hard facts

- 2 cents

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I was talking to a Omnis developer today and she was scathing about
Apple and it's support for developers. She said that unless it is
to do with the iPod 'Steve' is not interested. I got the impression
that very little of the massive income from iPod sales is going
into the computer side of the business. What are the views of the
members of Wamug?
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Re: The horrors of Ethernet cables

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Hi Everyone,

I've created my own cables over time with only a few failures.  A  
friend of mine used to work in the cabling business, says that there  
are two types of cable: solid core and stranded core.  The RJ45  
connectors are designed for a specific type of cable, so if you get  
the crimps for solid core cable but you're using stranded cable or  
visa versa, then your connection will most likely fail.


Also, the wiring is not "straight through" - there's a sequence to  
follow for both ends.  I've done it so much now it's like a mantra in  
my head - "green/stripe green, orange/stripe blue, blue/strip orange,  
brown/stripe brown".  I don't remember what the "crossover" sequence is.


I've also found that if you don't put enough pressure on the crimp,  
it might not be making a proper connection. If the lead doesn't work,  
I try putting the connector back into the crimping tool and trying to  
make the connection again.


Hope this helps,
Paul.

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For a different story - I borrowed a professional crimping tool, made
4 cables plus one cross over no problems and all still working fine 2
years later.  All up cost < $20.

On 23/01/2006, at 11:38 PM, Peter Bull wrote:


Hi all,



So I purchased 15 metres of cable and a packet of RJ45 connectors,
borrowed a crimping tool and wiring diagram and set to work.
After using 10 connectors (3 cables equals 6 connectors  : -
  ) and not having one cable that worked, I got on the net for
some tips.


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Re: ADSL modem

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Hi Kevin,

On 23/09/2005, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


They have supplied him with a 'Billion' USB modem and I have loaded
the software for the modem, but cannot see how to change the mode of
connection from Ethernet to USB connection.  Anyone direct me on
doing this or are Macs not USB compatible?


Have you got the model number?  There are a number of Billion ADSL  
modems.  I've used a few, and they're usually very good.


Regards,
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10.4.2 and Windows security

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Hi Everyone,

I ran the software update the other day to 10.4.2, and now it seems  
that I can't connect to my clients Windows network.  The update notes  
say that there were "improvements" in the windows networking. Has  
anyone else had problems connecting to Windows networks, or is it  
just me?


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Re: iPod shuffle "registration" issue

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Mark,

On 22/07/2005, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:

I plugged it in to my mac at work and transferred some songs to it  
from my iTunes

library then later today when I got home I then plugged it in to my
home mac and got told that this iPod wasn't registered with this
computer and that I had the option reregistering it with the my home
computer which would erase all music files  or not registering it
(cancel option) I selected cancel and though the shuffle mounted on
the desktop iTunes would not recognise it.





So basically my question is - is this registration issue a  "feature"
of the shuffle or of ACC files?


Mine does the same - I just assumed that's how it worked... I just  
have one iTunes music collection on one machine, but I use my Shuffle  
to transfer files around to other Macs, and that message pops up often.


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Re: Question regarding what type of database to use

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Rod,

On 05/06/2005, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


And rather than keeping all our eggs in one basket (and only having
one person in the business that can competently use MYOB), we decided
to look at a separate system for repair logging, and other small
tasks.  At least we can customise the new program the way we want it!


And my experience with Multi-user MYOB is that for more than 1 user,  
forget any sort of performance.  It really bogs down the whole  
network.  At least two clients have reported the same sorts of  
network speed issues when they went to multi-user and MYOB.


I use Omnis Studio all the time.  The upside is the speed of  
development, cross-platform independance (Macs/Windows/Linux) and the  
like.  The downside is the cost, a basic developer license is about  
$350, and runtimes aren't much different in price.  However, that's  
still a lot cheaper than 4D or others.  I've built and deployed apps  
on all three platforms, with multi-user systems, and even web  
interfaces to some systems.


I taught myself PHP, and created a fairly complex job time-keeping  
app, but you'd have to know what you're doing.  I made lots of  
mistakes developing, and debugging was a pain.  It has half-dozen  
tables, and the web interface is very basic, but I track all the  
hours for my business using it.  It generates reports with filters  
and meets our basic needs.  The plus is that PHP and MySQL are  
installed on every OSX box, and tools like PhpMyAdmin make the SQL  
side easier to handle.


I've also purchased RealBasic, and I'm looking into using it for  
small apps using it's RealDB engine, but so far it seems harder to  
write database apps in RealBasic than it does in Studio.  I think  
there's a lot more extra stuff you have to do in RealBasic to make it  
work - but maybe it's just my familiarity with the other  
environment... That being said, I've started writing Pacman in  
RealBasic, and my sons have been doing the artwork (if anyone's  
interested, email me:).  I have a basic working game, just got to  
iron out the quirks.


Out of the three environments, I think Studio's the best for database  
apps, especially cross-platform.  The runtime "tax" is really the  
only downside.  PHP is a possibility (and free!), but only if you  
know SQL, and some HTML.  RealBasic has promise, but nothing solid yet.


HTH,
Paul.
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Re: Windows to OSX networking

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,


I'm stumped!

I know I have done this before but I cant seem to do it now :(

OSX can see two win2000 boxes but not the reverse.


Just thought I should add that the PCs can actually see the Mac's web
page at http://192.168.1.2/ when Personal Web Sharing is on.
Could that suggest its an authentication issue?


I have had success  where Windows voodoo is apparent by using the
shareware app "Sharepoint" to configure the SMB details on the Mac
side. Allows the creation of custom shares as well. Also restores OS9
style appleshares. Great App.
Rob



There are some issues with file sharing to windows boxes with 10.2, not 
sure about 10.3. Check out this link for debugging connections:


http://homepage.mac.com/william_white/smbdoc.html

One of the perls of wisdom - from the terminal on the OSX box type: 
"smbclient -NL 127.0.0.1", which will list all the windows resources 
that the OSX box is making available.  Very cool.


Regards,
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iPod Shuffle RAID

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi All,

So, what do you do when you and some friends are all getting iPod 
Shuffles? You make a RAID array out of them, of course! Follow along as 
we explore new depths of geekery...


http://www.wrightthisway.com/Articles/000154.html

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iPod shuffles in Perth

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

I was looking for an iPod shuffle in Perth, had some problems finding 
them.  Digilife in MtHawthorn were out, same with NextByte in Nedlands. 
 However, Winthrop in UWA have a dozen in stock.  So, if you're looking 
and can't find any, try there.  I spoke to Cameron (9380 2621).


Regards,
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Re: Creating SVCD with Toast 6

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for your response.

On 11/01/2005, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


Has anyone else tried to burn VCD's/SVCD's using Toast 6?  All help
greatly appreciated.


Yes and I didnt have too much success.

VCD Builder has been slightly easier, it ultimately uses Toast to burn
the job anyway.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15509



I wanted to use the "menu" options in toast.  So far nothing else can 
do them.


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Re: Creating SVCD with Toast 6

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Yvonne

Thanks for your suggestions.

I'm not using the mode where you go direct from the camera.  However, 
if you click on the "play" button in the toast window before burning 
it, it's all OK - the audio and video are in sync the whole length of 
the movie (about 30 minutes).


I'm also trying to create a SVCD, which is different to a DVD - 
different encoding formats.  I suspect the problem is in the audio 
encoding.  I think there's two different possible sample rates: 44 kHz 
and 48 kHz.  I reckon that toast is assuming the wrong sample rate and 
as a result there's more "samples" than video...


Regards,
Paul.


On 11/01/2005, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


Is the lag while moving to toast or in the finished disc?

When i was using toast 6 loading the movie direct from camera I noticed
that the sound track appeared to get out of sync while it was copying
into toast .. by the end of the 40 minutes it was almost a minute
behind [ I could hear the puter and camera plays] but when it produced
the final DVD the sound was spot on.

Yvonne

On Monday, January 10, 2005, at 09:13  AM, Paul Mulroney wrote:


Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to create a SVCD from iMovie using Toast 6.  According to
the manual, I can drag and drop the "reference movie" of iMovie into
toast, and it will create the SVCD.  However, with the resulting disk,
the video and audio get out of sync very quickly.

I've been able to burn using Toast 5 but I don't own a legit copy of
this, and besides it can only do VCD's.

I've been able to create the SVCD (and it works!) using MMT-EZ (Thanks
Peter Hinchcliffe to your excellent demo of this at one of last year's
meetings), but this doesn't do things like menus.

I've emailed Roxio support, but their responses to date are a bit of a
non-answer.

Has anyone else tried to burn VCD's/SVCD's using Toast 6?  All help
greatly appreciated.


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Creating SVCD with Toast 6

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to create a SVCD from iMovie using Toast 6.  According to 
the manual, I can drag and drop the "reference movie" of iMovie into 
toast, and it will create the SVCD.  However, with the resulting disk, 
the video and audio get out of sync very quickly.


I've been able to burn using Toast 5 but I don't own a legit copy of 
this, and besides it can only do VCD's.


I've been able to create the SVCD (and it works!) using MMT-EZ (Thanks 
Peter Hinchcliffe to your excellent demo of this at one of last year's 
meetings), but this doesn't do things like menus.


I've emailed Roxio support, but their responses to date are a bit of a 
non-answer.


Has anyone else tried to burn VCD's/SVCD's using Toast 6?  All help 
greatly appreciated.


Regards,
Paul.

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23/12/04 to 4/1/05 .

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VCD Multiple movies on the one disc

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Peter,

On Tuesday, September 7, 2004, at 08:39  AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:


On 06/09/2004, at 8:23 PM, Paul Mulroney wrote:

Strangely enough, I'm just doing that myself.  I'm using Mac OSX, but 
I think it should still work the same for you in OS9.


- Basically, I'm using iMovie to setup the movie, then using Toast 6 
to create a Video CD (VCD for short).

- Launch Toast, select the "Video" tab on the main window.
- Locate the Movie file in the top level of the project folder and 
drag this into Toast.
- Fill in any extra details you want, then click on the "Record" 
button.  It takes a while to encode - for my iMac G4 800, about 2 x 
length of the project.


I'm getting about 1.25 hrs on the CD in this format.  It plays fine 
on my akai DVD player.




On this general subject, is anyone aware of software for the Mac which 
will put a number of movies on a VCD and allow us to control them via 
a main menu, similar to a DVD? I'm a little miffed that my brother has 
been able to do this on his Windows XP box, and I've been trying to no 
avail to find something which will do it on a Mac.


With Toast 6, you can drag and drop multiple iMovie projects into the 
Toast window, and assign pics for each project.  Then you should be 
able to access it from the "menu" button on the DVD player.  I'm doing 
that with my project - I'll let you know how well it works when I get a 
chance to burn the CD tonight.


Regards,
Paul.
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Re: Digest Number 1372

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi There,

On Monday, September 6, 2004, at 06:25  PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hi folks,
I've a new DV Camera & I'm trying to transfer the finished edit to a 
DVD
(external) in a format that will play back on a fairly new DVD player. 
I

don't have IDVD, running 9.2 on a G4 400.
Quick time doesn't do the conversion? What do I need to do to have it 
play

on a home DVD player? Any help much appreciated,


Strangely enough, I'm just doing that myself.  I'm using Mac OSX, but I 
think it should still work the same for you in OS9.


- Basically, I'm using iMovie to setup the movie, then using Toast 6 to 
create a Video CD (VCD for short).

- Launch Toast, select the "Video" tab on the main window.
- Locate the Movie file in the top level of the project folder and drag 
this into Toast.
- Fill in any extra details you want, then click on the "Record" 
button.  It takes a while to encode - for my iMac G4 800, about 2 x 
length of the project.


I'm getting about 1.25 hrs on the CD in this format.  It plays fine on 
my akai DVD player.


YMMV,
Regards,
Paul.

BTW, Ken, your message came through on the old Yahoogroups email 
address.  You might want to check out the new mailing list details.


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Tech help needed for Mailman, qmail

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

Not sure where to ask for this question, and I know there's a few 
techie types who are on this list, so here goes:


I am trying to setup Mailman under 10.3, and want to use qmail for the 
MTA.  As far as I can tell, qmail is working, because the logs show me 
when I'm receiving mail etc, and I think Mailman is working because I 
can access it from the web.  However, when I email a request to 
Mailman, nothing happens.


I've tried looking through the Mailman mailing list archives, and not 
had much success.  Does anyone know anyone who can help me out here?  
Please reply off the list.


There used to be a Mac Geeks mailing list, but I've lost the details 
about it.  Does it still exist?


Thanks in advance,
Paul.
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Re: Openoffice

[Paul Mulroney]

On Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 05:07  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


Morning All,

Looking for Openoffice 1.1.2 download, available on wamug server, if
so url?
Thanks
Rob Davies
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Try 



For OSX, its in the Contribs, but if you attempt to download it you get  
an error.  The file to download is  
http://mirrors.wamug.org.au/openoffice/contrib/MacOSX/ 
oo112_osx_final.dmg.bz2


Regards,
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Re: Old computers

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Reg,

On Monday, June 21, 2004, at 05:06  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


Paul
On 20 Jun 2004, at 3:42pm, Paul Mulroney wrote:

Well, it was truly dead - no hard drive, no ram, no floppy disk, no
backup battery, and I don't think it actually chimed on power on
either.  My SE/30 is dead too (won't power on - probably the analog
board), but I'm keeping that one :)



I've still got mine in a cupboard. Sadly it now shows sad mac face and
I can't locate system disks for it. OS 6.0.8 I think? Or is it faulty
HDD / battery too?


I've got the system 6.0.8 disks here.

The problem with the hard drives in the older machines is that they 
tend to "dry out" and lose the lubrication in the drive mechanism.  
Drives that have been sitting around idle a long time tend not to fire 
up.


I can still remember an old Mac Plus with an external drive where I 
used to "push start" the drive - I had removed the lid of the hard 
disk, and gave the spindle a nudge to make it spin up every time I 
wanted to use the machine. That hard drive worked for at least 12 
months after that...bet you couldn't do that today :)


If the battery was flat, the worst case is that it takes longer to 
startup.  Unless it was an LC II LC III or LC475, and then they 
wouldn't startup because the monitor settings were held in RAM by the 
backup battery.  With those, you usually had to reboot them to make 
them go.


Regards,
Paul.
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Re: Old computers

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Reg,

On Sunday, June 20, 2004, at 05:07  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


Yikes Paul

On 19 Jun 2004, at 7:29pm, Paul Mulroney wrote:

Anyway, as I
was putting this stuff on the verge, a lady drove by, stopped the car
and started loading a dead Mac SE into her car.


You threw out an SE? I bought one at a garage sale with Stylewriter II
printer for $20. It's a collector's item!


Well, it was truly dead - no hard drive, no ram, no floppy disk, no 
backup battery, and I don't think it actually chimed on power on 
either.  My SE/30 is dead too (won't power on - probably the analog 
board), but I'm keeping that one :)


Regards,
Paul.
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Re: Community Seminars

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi All,

On Friday, June 18, 2004, at 05:06  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


I'm thinking of hosting 10 half hour seminars about aspects of
computing in the library of the rural community where I'm staying. If
there was a single topic that you'd like your parents to know about,
with relation to computing, what would it be?


I guess it depends on the context.  I wrote a "Basic Computing" course 
which we used as part of the First Click program a year or so ago, 
which was 10 x 2hr sessions. That was basic navigation of the gui, and 
how to use a word processor - written for someone who has never seen a 
computer before.  I then wrote a "Basic Internet" course, which was how 
to do email, surf the web, get connected to the internet, and some 
examples of other services like online chat etc.  All fairly basic 
stuff.


If you want to know about my parents, my mum would never get connected 
- she can't see the point of having a computer.  My dad now has a 
computer and he wanted to be able to type a letter and print it, 
organise the letters he's created on the computer, send/receive email, 
and maybe calculate some figures in a spreadsheet.


He used to ring me up with questions about the printer not working, not 
being able to understand Microsoft Word and Windows ME , and 
to help him find files he'd "lost" on the machine.


These days he wants to take digital photos, convert his vast collection 
of family snaps and slides into a digital slideshow, and maybe start 
messing with video editing.  I told him to buy a Mac :)


Hope this gives you some ideas.

Regards,
Paul.
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Old computers (was Re: Voodoo Cards)

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi All,

On Thursday, June 17, 2004, at 11:16  PM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


1 kind of worked but it gave off a
rather noxious burning plastic smell  then made a  "POP" noise
(literally) and died  so  i ended up putting it out on the verge for
a curb side rubbish collection... by the time I'd turned around and
got back to my front door someone had pulled up , thrown it in their
car and driven off.


I did the same once.  When I throw a computer out on the verge, it 
really is dead, and it ain't coming back to life again.  Anyway, as I 
was putting this stuff on the verge, a lady drove by, stopped the car 
and started loading a dead Mac SE into her car.  I told her the machine 
is dead and it would never work again, to which she replied "my son, he 
fix computers, he can make it go".  Gotta admire her faith in her 
children :)


I don't think I've ever had a computer on the verge actually stay there 
until the rubbish truck comes to pick it up.


As an aside, if there are people out there throwing out older Macs, 
consider donating them to a charity or something.  I'm involved in an 
organisation which is starting a program in Sri Lanka, and we're 
looking for computers to setup a training centre over there.  If you 
search the wamug archives, you'll find other groups doing similar for 
other places.


Regards,
Paul.
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Re: Security flaw in Mac OS X

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

On Thursday, May 20, 2004, at 05:05  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


It's here if you want to see it in action (promise nothing bad happens)

http://www.mactherapy.com/AppleScript.html

There is another page linked from the article which does something 
similar.


Apple better fix this one quick!
Rob
Mactherapy


I followed the links in the slashdot article to MoreInternet

http://www.monkeyfood.com/software/moreInternet/

and then changed the help: protocol helper to Safari.  When I try Rob's 
link above, it just annoyingly opens another browser window, but 
doesn't do anything malicious.  That should do in the short term until 
the security fix comes out.


The forum on slashdot is very interesting.  This isn't the only 
protocol related exploit.  There are others, which have been closed in 
fairly short order, so I guess this one will be too.


Rob's advice on the link above is to "Backup nightly".  I agree with 
that.  Backup important files onto other media, and store offsite if at 
all possible.  Or ask yourself this question: how much information are 
you prepared to type in again if everything disappeared?  I backup 
nightly, and store offsite.  Of course it only took a crashed drive on 
my server for me to start doing nightly backups, but that's another 
story.


Regards,
Paul.
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Re: usb printer on 9.1/9.2 network

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

On Friday, May 14, 2004, at 05:05  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


I have two imacs and a G3 on an ethernet.

(snip)

Tried turning on USB printer sharing but thought vaguely that this is
actually how you drive the common printer off the network - does it
install
an icon on the desktop and one drag and drops to that from the remote
computers?




Tom Lewis, in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz


Tom, I too would like to understand the mysteries of USB Printer
Sharing.

I have a blue clamshell ibook (9.2.2) and want to link it to a HP 1200
laser printer, and have my g3 bronze Powerbook (9.2.2) print to it
also. Reading MacHelp it says only that USB printer sharing can be done
if you are on a TCP/IP network (doesn't say it can't be done on an
appletalk network but doesn't say it can either). Is this true? If so,
how does one tell one has set up a TCP/IP network? MacHelp is anything
but. Can anyone direct me to references on how to share a USB printer
on a 9.2 ethernet based network? I couldn't get it to happen though
went through all the steps in the Help. No relevant refs turned up in
the Apple TIL either. TIA,
David


I've used USB printer sharing with a Brother HL-1240 and a number of 
iMacs running Mac OS9.


This is what I did:
1. Setup the physical network.  Each iMac had an ethernet cable that 
went from the Mac to an ethernet hub/switch.
2. Setup the TCP/IP addresses.  I allocated each computer an IP address 
manually.  Control Panels > TCP/IP.  Select Configure Manually, IP 
address 192.168.0.x (x is different for each machine,  I started from 1 
eg 1,2,3,4), subnet mask 255.255.255.0.

3. Connected the USB printer to one Mac.
4. Installed the driver for the printer on all Macs on the network.
5. On each computer I turned on USB printer sharing. Control Panels > 
USB Printer Sharing.  Start/Stop tab, click on "Start".
6. On the computer where the printer was connected, share the printer.  
Control Panels > USB Printer Sharing.  My Printers tab.  Select the 
checkbox next to the printer that should be displayed there.
7. On all the other computers, connected to the shared printer.  
Control Panels > USB Printer Sharing.  Network Printers tab.  If the 
shared printer isn't already there, click on Add to locate the printer 
on the network.
8. On all computers, goto the chooser and select the printer.  Apple 
Menu > Chooser.  When you select the printer icon in the chooser, it 
should appear on the right hand side list of printers.


I know this is probably an abridged version of what you need to do.  
I'm also sure there's a "HowTo" on the net somewhere, but if there 
isn't, this might help.


Regards,
Paul.
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Re: "home" laser printer recommendation.

[Paul Mulroney]

Does anybody have a recommendation (or from the retailers on list - a
quote) for a small home laser printer



I personally recommend Brother, I have one here in my home office that
has replaced an HP 4L,


I chose a HL 1440 as it has a high capacity toner unit (6000 standard 
A4
pages for ~$119) and the drum does ~ 20,000 pages for ~$229. The 
printer

cost me $699, but I believe it has dropped to ~$500.

For one with network look at the HL1430 at a RRP of $499 is a good buy,
it has USB and Parallel interface, and has software for OsX.


The Brothers are good laser printers - I have a HL1240.  USB only, but 
if all the machines on the network are OSX (or all OS9), you can share 
the printer.  I concur that you get excellent mileage on the drums and 
toner - excellent value for money.


Harris Technologies sell a Samsung brand printer that looks 
suspiciously like the brother for a lot cheaper.  Might be worth 
investigating.


Regards,
Paul.
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Re: List overload

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi there,

On Friday, April 23, 2004, at 05:05  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:

The list admin could force "plain text" and limit the attachment 
sizes...

if that is what you mean ?
For me, this list isn't any worse than any other list I'm on ?

MarkS


Before the move to WAMUG's own server, the list was set at text only 
and no

attachments.  I'm sure Matt could rig it the same way again!


And those of us who are getting the digest would appreciate it too.

BTW, can we remove some of the headers for the digest?  For Mark S's 
original 3 line email message there's 10 lines of header... makes it 
hard to separate the message from the 'background noise'.


Regards,
paul.
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Re: Setting up Network printer help

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi there,

On Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at 05:05  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:

I have noticed that when the computer is started, the windows network 
login

screen comes up and cancel is hit.  Would this be turning off certain
networking functions within Windows?  Access to the internet via 
ethernet

works fine.


If you want networking to work on any windows box, you cannot hit 
"cancel" at the windows network login.  This disables the networking 
for all intents and purposes.  You must click OK.  Do not click Cancel 
or the close box on the dialog. It's a common trap to the uninitiated.


Regards,
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Re: Terminal FTP

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Ryan,

On Friday, April 2, 2004, at 05:05  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


I know. And even reliable Shareware ones seem hard to find... version 2
of 'Anarchie' was the best I've ever used, still. Shame they don't sell
it anymore... 'Transmit' is very good, if a little unfinished around
some edges, but at US$25 is a bit expensive for casual (student) usage.


Anarchie changed name and became "Interarchy".  It's not free.  But, it 
is good.


Regards,
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Re: Terminal FTP

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Reuben,

On Friday, April 2, 2004, at 05:05  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


Could someone please tell me how I can use the terminal for ftp
uploading to a server for a web page?  I don't really have a great deal
of money to throw around at shareware products here and there and it's
difficult to find a reliable freeware ftp client.
For what I want to do it would work well and I'm sure it would be very
reliable.


I use RBrowser, which seems to work reliably for me.

If you want to use the terminal, type "ftp ", and you'll be 
prompted for username and password.  You'll need to use commands like 
"cd" to change directories, "binary" to switch to binary transfer mode, 
"get" to download files and "put" to upload files.


RBrowser is a Mac app, makes it much much easier.

Regards,
Paul.
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Re: Using a G3 Powerbook on the bus

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone
On Sunday, March 14, 2004, at 05:05  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


Anyone have experience with using laptops on the buses?


I have a graphite iBook, and I used it every morning and afternoon 
going to and from work for two years from Bentley to West Perth.  The 
biggest problem I had was opening the screen wide enough to be able to 
use it.  There's not a lot of space between you and the seat in front. 
The seating on the newer (Renault?) buses is even more cramped, unless 
you can sit on the first tier up the back - then your laptop screen 
merely bounces off the head of the passenger in front of you :)


I think the only problem you'll have is wear and tear on the screen. 
After doing this for a couple of years, I've found that my display goes 
green as I shut the lid, so I'm thinking that I'll need to get the 
display cable changed one day in the not-too-distant future.


Oh, and maybe the cdrom drive too.  I can't play DVD's in my machine 
anymore, probably because the chassis has twisted from being lugged 
about everywhere in my laptop backpack.  I upgrade the drive a year 
ago, and DVD's started playing again, so I assume that when the 
technician opened it up, everything sprang back into place.


YMMV
Regards,
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Re: Printer sharing

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi All,

On Saturday, March 6, 2004, at 05:05  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:

Is it possible to share a non Postscript USB printer over a local
ethernet  network with a router?  Currently attached to a G4 running
10.3.2 networked with a G3 on 9.1.  At the moment the best I can do is
just transfer the files then print - it would be nice to print direct.
Severin Crisp


We had a similar setup: Brother HL1240 (A USB printer), shared over a 
network of Mac OSX 10.2 machines.  Just need to turn on printer sharing 
in the Sharing panel in the system preferences of the Mac where the 
printer is connected.  10.3 might be different.


Note that you cannot share the printer with Classic apps.  This was a 
problem for us because we had a stack of Mac OS9 apps at that point. We 
ended up buying a networked printer instead.


hth,
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For Sale: iMac DV, philips monitors

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

I'm selling the following in the Quokka this week, and want to give you 
first dibs:


iMac DV 400Mhz, 320Mb RAM, 10Gb Hard disk.  Mac OS9, or OSX 10.2.8 if 
required.  All the usual stuff: keyboard, puck mouse, original disks 
(System CDs plus KidPix, World Book, iMovie, Pagemill, PhotoDeluxe, 
original packaging.  Very Good condition, now just surplus to needs. 
$500.00.


Also for sale:
Philips 105S monitor, 15" SVGA, 1024x768
Philips 105MB monitor, 15" SVGA 1280x1024
Both ex-rentals.  Very Good Condition.  $100 each ono.

Call me on 9458 3889 for more information.

Regards,
Paul.
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Newton parts

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

I'm looking for a battery holder for the MP2000 which allows me to use 
AA's with my Newton, because the rechargable battery pack is dead.  
Does anyone have any suggestions about where I might find one?  
Alternatively, does anyone handle rebuilding these battery packs?


Thanks in advance,
Paul.
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Re: Of Dodos and Penguins

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi there,

On Thursday, February 5, 2004, at 05:05  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


We're testing a new ISP - appropriately named dodo, not penguin, as=20
iinet and westnet connection down here in Augusta is really sad. It=20
seems like a good plan at $1 for first month ($9.90 normally), plus 
max=20=


I have a friend of mine who uses Dodo, and has an older mac running 
8.1.  He had heaps and heaps of problems, because of some obscure 
technical thing that meant he couldn't use their 1900 number to 
connect.  To give them their dues, they basically gave him credits for 
the months(!) he couldn't use his account.  However it took lots of 
calls and a very long time to find the right mac techie there who could 
figure it out.


I tested his account from OSX, and it worked first time.  My guess is 
it'll be fine if you're using reasonably current hardware.


YMMV,
Regards,
Paul.
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Re: Sharing Drives via SMB

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi there
On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 05:04  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


I still havent had any luck sharing anything but my 'Home' directory
with an XP box.

I (almost) desperately need to share my second drive containing 22g of
audio.

Via Appletalk all directories are shared easily, can anyone possibly
recommend an appletalk client for XP?

Can anyone say wether they believe this is possible or not? At least
put me out of my misery and say it CANNOT be done;o)


I've done it with 10.2.8 and Win XP home edition.  Things to check for:
- Both machines must be on the same subnet mask.  We manually assign an 
IP address to each machine, like 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2, etc.
- Both machines must have the same "workgroup name".  The default for 
OSX is "WORKGROUP".  It's easier to change the XP workgroup, than to 
change the OSX one.  It can be done, we used "Sharepoints" to change 
the workgroup on the Mac.

- You must mark the directory on the XP box as shared.
- You must use the username and password on the XP box when connecting 
from the Mac.


If you really want an Appletalk client for the PC, try PCMacLan 
connect.  I haven't seen it recently, but I downloaded a demo a while 
ago.  It's not pretty, but it works.


Hope this helps,
Regards,
Paul.
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Re: Grey veil, what is it?

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

On Thursday, January 1, 2004, at 05:07  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


A strange one!  For no obvious reason a grey veil dropped down across
the screen which was fully visible but muted.  The computer froze and
a message box, white text on black, in English, German and Japanese
said that I needed to restart.  A press of the restart button gave a
normal restart and all seems fine.
This did not look in the least like an OSX message and at first I
suspected a virus or similar.  Is it perhaps from Unix?
Information would be most welcome!


I had 4 of these events occur on my iBook between Saturday and Tuesday
... post-10.3.2 update and battery update ... and always while surfing
the net in Safari. I think it is a system overload message of some
kind.

I started to call it THE GREY SHROUD OF DEATH ... incidentally don't
you like the way it slips down the screen ... silent but deadly?

On Tuesday night I reinitialised the drive, did a clean install of
everything (including 10.3.2 and battery update) and have not seen the
problem arise thus far (fingers crossed).


Those of us with a unix background might recognise it - I believe it's 
Apple's version of a "Kernel Panic".  This is where something goes 
pear-shaped in the operating system, and there's no easy way to deal 
with it, so it just dumps it's load there and then.  On a unix system, 
you usually get a whole stack of garbage on the screen with words like 
"Kernel Panic, dumping 23000 pages.".  I guess Apple realises that 
this sort of stuff is meaningless to the user and just cuts to the 
chase.


Kernel panics are rare - or they're supposed to be.  I've had maybe 5 
since I first put 10.2 on my iBook two years ago.  With your system the 
panics are probably related to the last software update.  Maybe 
something didn't install quite right, but it didn't tell you.  Here's 
hoping your problem's solved with a clean install.


Regards,
Paul.
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Re: MPEG2 encoding to SVCD

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,


Is there a way to create SVCD's on a Mac, without having to use the
dark side?  I heard that Toast will create the SVCD layout, but there
must be a Mac solution to do mpeg-2 encoding.


Thanks to everyone to replied to my email. After a bit of back and 
forth, I found a couple of solutions:


For VCD's: Toast 5 will do it. VCD's are encoded as MPEG-1, which is 
not as high quality as SVCD's, but still quite acceptable for home use. 
 This was the option I ended up with because of time restraints.


For SVCD's: (this one I haven't tried) Toast 6 will create SVCD's, just 
drag and drop the quicktime movie onto Toast, and it'll do the 
conversion, and add it to the SVCD to burn.  SVCD's are encoded as 
MPEG-2, which is the same as DVD's.  You can only fit about 40 minutes 
on a SVCD.  The quality is excellent - I couldn't really tell the 
difference between what I saw on the screen in iMovie and the resulting 
output from the SVCD.  This is going to be the option I use in the 
future - Daniel has my order to Toast 6!


For SVCD's: I also located some software called ffmpeg (Thanks to 
geoffrey richards).  This software does the mpeg-2 conversion, and 
creates three disk images, which you then drag and drop onto Toast 5 to 
create a multi-session/XA format CD.  I got the 30 minutes I needed 
onto 1 CD.  It took 3 hours to encode 30 minutes of video on my 800Mhz 
G4 Flat Panel iMac.  I found this one at the 11th hour, and managed to 
make one copy by the deadline.


Hope others find this helpful.

Regards,
Paul.
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MPeg-2 encoding on the Mac

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

I've created a movie on my mac using iMovie 3, and now I'd like to 
create a SVCD (since I don't own a dvd burner, and CD's are cheap and 
SVCD's play on a lot of dvd players anyway).


To create SVCD's you need to have a mpeg-2 encoded file.   I found a 
solution called TMPEG ENC, but it only runs on a PC. iMovie 3 will 
export AVI, Quicktime Movie, mpeg-4, and DV stream (amongst others), 
but not mpeg-2.  So, at the moment I have to export the DV stream to 
the PC, then use the TMPEG ENC to convert to mpeg-2, and then use Nero 
to create the SVCD.


I saw on the Apple site that you can buy a mpeg-2 player license for 
quicktime, but it doesn't say that if you buy this and/or upgrade to 
quicktime pro that you can encode mpeg-2.


Is there a way to create SVCD's on a Mac, without having to use the 
dark side?  I heard that Toast will create the SVCD layout, but there 
must be a Mac solution to do mpeg-2 encoding.


All help greatly appreciated,
Paul.
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Re: iMac 333 shuts down without warning

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi There,

On Thursday, October 30, 2003, at 05:03  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:

Have twice now had my 333 shut down as though plug pulled after approx 
two
hours.  All peripherals remain on.  Once shut down will not power up 
again for

long time - usually left until next day.  Any help please?


I had this happen to my iMac too.  I discovered that the power cord had 
worked it's way loose, and so the machine just appeared to go dead.  I 
pushed the cord back in, and the problem went away.  Check the power 
cord?


Regards,
Paul.
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Re: One nail to go...

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 05:02  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:



Anyone tried Bochs?



Yes.  It's a dog.  Don't touch it - it doesn't work half as good as 
VPC.  I'd regard it as alpha quality - don't rely on it for anything 
important.


That was 6 months or so ago (v1.5.1) , maybe things have changed since 
then.


Regards,
Paul.
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Re: Jude's iMac Woes

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Reg,

On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 05:01  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
Can you help please? A friend has somehow crashed her iMac (OS X 
10.2.x). On restart she gets the Apple icon and then spinning icon, 
but spinning never stops. How long should she need to wait? More than 
30 minutes?


She has restarted with mouse down to open CD tray and inserted OS X 
install disk to do disk first aid, however the same thing happens: 
spinning icon but nothing else. How long should she wait?


Can somebody help please? She awaits your response, using husband's PC 
for internet access.


When you restart the Mac, are you holding down the "C" key?  Otherwise 
it will still try to boot off the main drive and not the CDROM.


Regards,
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Re: Mac OS X OpenOffice

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone


I was looking at the downloads that were available on the wamug
site and I and noticed that OpenOffice was there.

As it is a fairly big download at 170 MB, I thought I would ask the
opinion of those who have tried it out to give me some feedback as
to if it is worth getting.


It's not bad, but its not all that great either. For the price, you
can't beat it.



On another side to this,..if you were looking for something a little
better, then consider checking out ThinkFree Office. It's not free,
but at $99 it's actually pretty good for a replacement to Microsoft
Office. It handles Word, Excel and Powerpoint in their "native" file
formats so it reads and writes to them in their "own language". (It
even includes the .doc and .xls suffix when you save!) It works on
Macs (OS9 and X), Windows and even Linux.


I looked at ThinkFree office some time ago, and it was much slower on 
my poor Mac than OpenOffice is. Also, ThinkFree didn't offer features 
like table of contents and indexes, which I absolutely need for the 
documentation that I created.


For simple stuff, it works great.

YMMV

Regards,
Paul.
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Re: Mac OS X OpenOffice

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 05:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


I was looking at the downloads that were available on the wamug
site and I and noticed that OpenOffice was there.

As it is a fairly big download at 170 MB, I thought I would ask the
opinion of those who have tried it out to give me some feedback as
to if it is worth getting.



If this is the latest version which was released recently, then I can 
tell you that it's not fast, but it is very functional. Much better 
than the previous (alpha) release.


The GUI still uses X-windows, so you need to have either Apple's X11 
software , or XDarwin/OroborusX installed. I opted for Apple's X11 
software.


The setup of printers is a bit strange - you need to define the printer 
within Open Office before you can print.


The word processor is functional (including the annoying "office 
helper"), the spreadsheet is also operational. It appears to handle 
documents created by Word and Excel just fine.


pluses: more features than Appleworks.
minuses: requires a bit more "tech" to get it working, non-Aqua 
interface.


Hope this is useful.

Regards,
Paul.
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Re: Seting up Bigpond (or what size hammer do I need?)

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi All,

On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 07:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Can somebody tell me or show me with screen shots how to configure
the network and Internet Connect settings (and anything else I need)
for Telstra Broadband.



Look in the Help Folder section of the July Australian MacWorld which 
detail the operation. Despite what Telstra says, it is possible to get 
onto broadband with Mac OSX 10.2. Their example was using ADSL via the 
ethernet connection, so YMMV.


In a nutshell for those who don't have the magazine handy:
1. Make sure any unnecessary network ports such as the internal modem 
are turned off in the Network pane of System Preferences. To get to 
this section of the Network pane, choose "Network Port Configuration" 
in the Show menu, then deselect all but "Built-in ethernet" in the list 
of displayed ports.
2. Select "Build-in ethernet" from the Show menu, and go to the PPPoE 
tab and tick the "Connect using PPPoE" checkbox.
3. Enter your ADSL username (in the Account Name field) and your 
password, and tick the "Save password" checkbox. If you'd like to 
control the connection via the menu, tick "Show PPPoE status in menu 
bar" as well.
4. Click on the "PPPoE Options" button, and tick the appropriate 
options. The screen shot has "Connect automaticallly when needed", 
"Disconnect when user logs out" and "Send PPP echo packets" ticked, and 
all the others are not ticked. Click on OK to close the dialog.
5. Click on the TCP/IP tab and make sure the "configure" popup menu has 
"Using PPP" selected, and make sure the "Search Domains" box has 
"wa.bigpond.net.au", or "nsw.bigpond.net.au" (etc). Leave the "DNS 
Servers" box empty.

6. Click "Apply Now", and test the connection by firing up your browser.

Personally I don't use Bigpond, so I don't know if the above is 
correct, but it looks OK based on what I know of ADSL connection setups.


HTH,
Paul.
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Re: Help - Sick SE 30!

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Everyone,

On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 08:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


OK, it's a long way from the new G5s I know, but my faithful old SE30
seems to be at deaths door. When it's switched on, the screen shows up 
a

whole bunch of horizontal stripes - and nothing else. I can hear the
hard disk clicking away, so I don't think the disk has died. Anybody
have any ideas???



Exactly the same thing happened to me a couple of months ago. I pulled 
out the machine again the other day and it was still doing it. I think 
maybe the motherboard has died - I know that certain systems like the 
Mac IIci's had capacitors on the circuit boards that all started 
failing a couple of years back. None of those machines work anymore.


I hope I'm wrong, because I really loved my SE/30 too.


Regards,
Paul.
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Re: Alternatives to entourage and mail

[Paul Mulroney]

On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 07:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Maybe someone would like to create a yahoo group poll on the mail apps
to see which one is the most widely used...


Well, a brief analysis of my WAMUG mail reveals the following
information from X-Mailer headers. Note that this is 'number of
posts' not 'number of people using'.





1 AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 13




Made me smile :)

What I'd be interested in knowing is - how'd you create that list?

Regards,
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Re: Alternatives to entourage and mail

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi All,

On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 03:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

However it does throw up an interesting question as far as I am 
concerned -

what do all you Mac users on the list use for e-mail?

Other then Eudora or Entourage/Outlook I didn¹t think there was much
available other than some of the others I asked about. Other sources 
seem to
think PowerMail , Mailsmith & Gyaz mail are all pretty good, when 
compared

to Mail or other mainstream clients.


I used to use Outlook Express (OS9) for ages, but found some strange 
networking problems when I moved to OSX. I currently use Mail, but I'm 
not that impressed with it. It doesn't handle IMAP folders as well as 
OE did. I tried Entourage, but it is much slower on my graphite iBook 
than the Mail app.


Maybe someone would like to create a yahoo group poll on the mail apps 
to see which one is the most widely used...


Regards,
Paul.
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iMac DV display problem

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi All,

Thanks for the help with the flat panel iMac problem. Now for the (much)
harder question.

I went to install Mac OS X 10.2 on my iMac DV (slot loading 400Mhz G3). It
installed OK, and I was really impressed with the new features etc.

I shutdown the machine, and when I started it up in the morning, the display
was all funny. It was an unnatural blue color, and the right hand side of
the display was all jagged, and the left hand side seemed to bow inward.

After a restart or two the geometry seemed to go back to normal, but the
colors seemed to "smear" to the right.

While I could still see a little of the desktop, I switched back to booting
Mac OS 9, and checked the monitors control panel. The contrast was wound up
to the max. I reset it back to about the middle, but things stil weren't
quite right.

After a restart or two later, the display wouldn't startup at all, even
though you could hear the hard disk startup, and it responded to pressing
the shutdown key on the keyboard.

I connected a spare PC SVGA monitor to the external SVGA output, but I think
I must need a multi-sync monitor, because something displayed on the
external monitor, but it was all out of sync.

I rang one apple shop, who said the "analog power supply board" was dead,
and that it'd cost $800 approx. to replace. They said that they've seen a
few of these recently.

I rang another apple shop, who said that it was a firmware problem, and that
updating the firmware had fixed it for other machines they've looked at
recently.

On the Low End Mac website, there's references to iMacs of about this
vintage having problems with the display.

I find it a strange co-incidence that it happens immediately after an
install of OS X on the machine.

Could this be a firmware problem? Has anyone experienced this before? All
suggestions appreciated

Regards,
Paul.

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Flat panel iMac freezing

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi All,

Some of you may recall I mentioned two meetings ago about my Flat-panel iMac
freezing sometimes.

Well, I took into an Apple Service agent, and found out that the mouse was
faulty. With a new mouse, everything is back to normal.

Thanks to all those who replied to my emails.

Regards,
Paul.
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Airport Antennas

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi All,

At the last WAMUG meeting someone asked about airport antennas to increase
the range. Well, I found this:

"In my efforts to add the words "wireless savvy" to my network admin resume,
I've been reading books and web pages on radio propagation, antenna theory
and design, and building wireless networks with 802.11. One of the first
things that got me excited was the Pringles Can Antenna. Published on the
internet and in a fine book by Rob Flickenger, the net admin for O'Reilly,
this design for a do-it-yourself, VERY inexpensive antenna made from a
recycled junkfood container is as cool as the other side of the pillow. It
seems that everyone is building and using these. The various community
wireless network groups all talk about them and folks are reporting that
they do the job."

http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/has.html

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Omnis Studio review in Australian Macworld

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi All,

Those of you who attended the last WAMUG meeting may remember I did a short
presentation on Omnis Studio.

There's a review of the product in the latest Australian MacWorld magazine.

It's rated at 3.5 mice. BTW, it's database software, not "music sequencing
software", although you can read about Mic Cross on the Omnis website, who
created a multi-track Midi recording studio using Omnis as the engine to
drive it. (http://www.omnis.net/successstories/miccross.html)

Regards,
Paul.
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Flat panel iMac freezing

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi All,

At the last WAMUG meeting, I asked a question about my new iMac. Sometimes,
the mouse freezes when you click on something, and you have to power off and
then power on again.

At the meeting someone said that there was a known issue with the hardware
in some of the earlier models of the flat-panel iMac.

I rang and used my Extended AppleCare support for the first time, and 4
calls later I'm starting to get really miffed with the "its the software!"
line that they keep telling me.

I followed the support line's suggestions, and have (I think) narrowed it
down to something that's killing the USB mouse driver, because the rest of
the machine seems to keep working - you just can't click on anything...

I've tried reformatting the hard drive, and then tried again with the "Zero
All Data" option as the support line suggested.

I've tried updating my third party drivers (only the Brother Laser (USB)
printer HL1240 driver), and disabling the rest. I can live without all the
other peripherals, but I cannot live without the printer.

I've tried unplugging all other USB devices except for the printer, keyboard
and mouse.

I've tried disabling all the 3rd party extensions by selecting Mac OS 9.2.2
All in the extension set.

So, here are my questions:
1. Does anyone know for sure if there's a hardware issue, and if so, is
there some reference that you can quote me so that I can tell them the next
time I ring.

2. Does anyone else use the Brother HL1240 laser printer and Mac OS 9.2.2?
Has it ever frozen the mouse for you?

3. Does anyone have any suggestions about what I can do next? I really like
the machine, but it's a $3.5k lemon if it keeps freezing on me. I am
tempted to return it for an exchange or refund.

All help appreciated,
Paul.
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Re: Ethernet Hubs

[Paul Mulroney]

on 1/7/02 11:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>> I am considering a 12 to 16 port ethernet hub to connect a small network
>> of Macintosh computers and some peripherals. Does anybody have any
>> particular recommendations, or alternatively, any brands to stay right
>> away from?
> 
> I have heard that DLink gear is to be steered away from. But they
> apparently have good support in WA, because lots of people have to
> keep returning the gear. That may only apply to more high-end
> equipment such as routers and switches though.
> 
> I have a Bay Networks/Netgear hub and I'm more than happy with it.
> Nice sturdy blue metal box.

I've bought a D-Link 5 port 100BaseT switch, and it's worked fine. I've
been more than happy with the price and performance of it.

I know a lot of people who use Netgear equipment, which also appears to work
fine.

Regards,
Paul.
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